Monique Richer

Monique Richer began her professional career in 1977 as an intensive care nurse at the Centre hospitalier de l’Outaouais. She subsequently worked at the Ottawa General Hospital as an emergency room nurse and acute care coordinator. In 1988, she completed a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy at the Université de Montréal, followed by a hospital pharmacy residency at the Ottawa General Hospital. In 1992, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio awarded her a Doctor of Pharmacy degree in clinical pharmacy. She also completed a specialized residency in pediatrics care.

Upon returning to Québec, she conducted postdoctoral research in pharmacokinetics and renal hemodynamics at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Université Laval. She then earned a Master’s degree in Health Sciences Education from the Faculty of Medicine at the same university. She has been a member of the Barreau du Québec since 2009.

In 1995, Monique Richer was appointed Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Université Laval. In 1996, she collaborated in the implementation of the graduate diploma in community pharmacy, which she directed until 2006. She became an Associate Professor in 2000 and a Full Professor in 2005. Responsible for numerous teaching and supervision activities at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, she received the Alfred-Émile-Francoeur Award for Excellence in Teaching on two occasions. In parallel with her academic duties, Monique Richer delivered more than 50 lectures and presentations and authored approximately 35 articles and abstracts. Alone or in collaboration, she obtained some twenty research grants and contracts. In 2001, she was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, and her mandate was renewed in 2005. In 2003, she was named in L’Actualité pharmaceutique’s ranking recognizing the ten pharmacists who had most influenced the previous decade in Québec, and in 2004, Québec Pharmacie awarded her the Pharmacist of Merit Award.

She has served on numerous boards of directors, including those of Hôpital Laval, Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, the Chaudière-Appalaches Health and Social Services Agency, the Bureau of the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec, the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada, and the Université Laval Rouge et Or soccer and badminton clubs. She continues to be involved on boards of directors as an administrator and governance expert, including those of Green Shield Canada and the Fédération québécoise des municipalités – Assurance.

She served as Secretary General of Université Laval from 2006 to 2025 and headed the Office of Legal Affairs from 2009 to 2025. Since 2025, she has been Deputy Vice-Rector, Infrastructure and Transformation, responsible for transition.